This is such an important point: we rightly bemoan the ‘corporatization’ of higher ed but the irony is that many of the corporate managerial practices being imposed on us were discredited and abandoned by for-profit corporations long ago.
The historian Gordon Wood, who died yesterday after being run over by a motorist in East Providence, was my dissertation advisor. He was 92. Here are some memories of him. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/gordo...
I just heard the news that Gordon Wood, a towering figure in...
What's it actually feel like to live through the decline and fall of mass Higher Education in Britain? Today I've written about this from the inside here... Hope you like it, and hope you find it useful.
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Interesting and unusual job posting, for a historian of computing/technology with aspirations to work in the museum field:
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Teachinge young people how to deeplye engage wyth literature and poetrye and playes and novels ys teachinge them how to access an olde and goode and powerful system for sharinge messages yn tymes of emergencye. Readinge literature ys key to the ongoing struggle for a bettir and more just worlde.
I wrote a piece on Hegseth's religious code changes and the specific absurdity of removing the religions of some of our better known Founding Fathers. Up this afternoon @religiondispatches.org with my deepest thanks to @mpgphd.bsky.social for her edits & image.
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Glen O'Hara
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Details Classification: Exempt, Temporary (3–4 year term, with full benefits), Fulltime, Hybrid (minimum 40% onsite) Location: Mountain View, CA Department: Collections & Exhibitions (Artifacts, Archi...
